Stephens v. Paris Cleaners, Inc.

OPINION BY

FORD ELLIOTT, J.:

¶ 1 This distressing case comes before us as a consequence of the trial court’s granting all remaining defendants’ motions for summary judgment. We affirm.

¶ 2 On March 25, 1998, Jeffrey Stephens (“employee”), who had been employed by Penngraph, Inc. (“Penngraph”) for approximately six weeks, sustained burns over 74 percent of his body when a graphitizer on which he was working exploded. Penn-graph is a manufacturer of bulk carbon and graphite materials that are used in electric discharge machining. To produce the graphite materials, Penngraph utilized seven…